A/N: EnJoY cHaPtEr FoUr
~Katelyn
Nico's POV
"Let's check all the state forests. Don't monsters like staying in places like that?" Megan asked.
"I don't know, they could be anywhere. I'm guessing it's a lot of monsters since there were barely any survivors." Will said.
My head hurt as we walked down the street and sat on a bench. It was about twelve, and we were still going. I looked down the row to see Jessica sleeping, sprawled against the concrete and slobbering. Megan fell next to her. This wasn't normal behavior. "Poison... Great." Were the last two words Drew said before falling to the ground.
Will hit the ground and I ended up next to him against my freewill.
I woke up to Jessica's sobbing. When I opened my eyes I literally just saw red. Red everything. Then I opened my eyes wider, I had a sack on my head. My hands and legs were tied to something and I couldn't tell if any of the others, besides Jessica, had made it here with me. But their was one other person who was breathing loudly. "Nico... Are you awake?" Someone's voice asked. Megan.
"Yup." I said in response.
"Good." Megan chuckled. "Will's still sleeping. And Drew is too." I struggled in my chair trying to move. "They drugged us and tied us up. The dude will come in and check on us sometime later."
"'Sometime later'? Baby, I'm already here." Someone eventually removed the sack off my head.
I was in shock at what I saw. Two slaughtered satyrs in one corner and the five of us sitting in electric chairs. The old ones they used when I was a kid.
"Don't worry," A guy about my age with blonde hair and lots of piercings said. He was the one who removed my sack and must've drugged us. "They're not fully operational yet. I heard they came from, like, the forties, they're like really old."
"Why are you still blabbing?" Megan asked. This girl had guts.
"Because I can, babe."
"Stop calling me that."
He brought out a sword, and placed the tip on Megan's neck. If he had added force she would die. "I could kill you with a single move and you still question me?"
"I-" she started but stopped herself.
"That's more I like it. Hot and silent."
"I'd hardly call Megan, hot." Jessica said. The guy swung around and slapped her.
"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"
"Why would a rebel demigod want to take us in the first place?" I asked so he could stop abusing the girls. "What's the point?"
"Maybe we want the kid for ourselves." He said. "It's not just me you know."
"Yeah, I realized. Someone so stupid couldn't last a day without reinforcements." I said. "What's so special about the girl."
"Nothing about her, but her heritage on the other hand is a totally different story. Apparently, she's seventy-five percent God."
"That's not possible." I said. I wasn't, it couldn't be.
"Sure it is. But I'll let colonel explain it to you."
"Is it to complicated for someone like you to explain it?" Jessica asked.
"Didn't I just tell you to shut up?!"
"Let. Me. Free." Jessica commanded.
Her charmspeak was unbearablely strong. I wanted to break out and just set her free myself. He did what he was asked too and Jessica grabbed one of the guns from next to a satyr.
"This is why you need to know how to shoot a gun, Nico." She fired and hit the guy in the leg.
"Kick him in the head!" Megan ordered.
"Okay!" Jessica said as she threw her foot up against his right cheek.
"Ouch. That had to hurt."
"That was too easy." I said unsure of whether or not another rebel demigod was coming. She removed my ropes and helped me out the death chair. I helped Drew out of her chair after I removed the sack. The girls helped Will up.
"Where are we now?" I asked.
"South Dakota." Will answered.
"Gods!" I kicked a chair. "We just went backwards."
"It's okay, you can always shadow travel, right?" Megan asked.
"No- there's no guarantee you won't die in the process." Will said.
"Don't worry about me- I just want to get the girl." I put my hand on Drew's shoulder and accidentally,tookDrew with me.
I wanted to scream as we reached the front of some random building. "Where are we Nico?" Drew asked as I stood almost vomiting.
"I have no clue." I looked up at the tall stone building surrounded by trees. The building seemed to flicker when you moved. "Let's go and find out, shall we?"
Drew opened the door and we walked in. The white marble floor was dusty and the walls were hung with pictures that looked old and washed out. "Do you hear that?" Drew asked. I listened closely to the mumbled voices far away.
"Sh."
"You sh."
"Shush, Drew."
"You shush."
"Drew."
"Nico."
"I can't hear what they're saying." I whispered.
"Maybe if you shut up you could."
"I don't like this." A voice said from the back. "Why do you keep putting needles in me? Why is my blood this color? Should it be this color?" The voice was female and young.
"I think it's her." Drew whispered in my ear. She got her lipstick Whatever-You-Call-It, and took the cap off, turning it to a spear. I brought my Stygian iron sword from wherever it hides, and squeezed the hilt in my palm.
Drew and I looked around the door frame that was in front of us and saw at least fifteen monsters and rebel demigods gathered. My eyes darted to a machine with a tank filled with black liquid. I looked from the machine to the big chair that sat in the middle of the room. A little girl sat in the chair.
She looked maybe five, her black hair was down to her shoulders with one red streak in the front. She wore a red and black plaid dress that made her look as if she were going to a funeral. Her cheeks were flushed and she was unbelievably skinny. A tube ran down the side of her chair connected to her wrist. She looked like she wanted to cry or scream. I lurched forward but Drew grabbed my shoulder before I could move any closer.
"So, Victoria. You don't want to follow directions today? Putting in the tube is just going to sting a little,"
"No tubes!" She cried out and struggled.
The blonde woman standing before her growled and massaged her temples. "Would you like to die knowing you did something or that your family left you to rot in an orphanage?!" The woman screamed in rage.
That's when Drew pulled me back and had made a plan.
"Apparently, demigods were sent here to retrieve the girl-" one rebel started.
"Excuse me!" Drew screeched. She held my hands behind my back hiding our weapons. "We got one." She had changed into all black like the rest of them, the only bad thing about that was she had to wear my shoes and we have the same size.
"And who are you?" The blonde asked taking her eyes off Victoria.
"I'm Amanda, I was assigned here by the rebel demigods in New York."
"Aw..." I hope she would take the bait. "Was this lurking son of Hades outside?"
"Yup." Drew said. "The others ran before I could catch 'em."
"Good thing that you got him. We don't need to bleed him dry since we have this one, though." A cyclops in the corner said while picking his teeth with a bone.
"That's her... Blood." Drew gulped.
"Yes..." The blonde moved her hair threw Victoria's hair. "She's quite special." She looked pleased with herself. "My names Belinda. I'm Victoria's foster mother. But as soon as I learned about the black blood I-"
"You turned on her." I said without thinking. Drew knocked me upside the head so the others wouldn't have to.
"No, I saw an opportunity and took it."
"You're hurting a little girl!" I couldn't hold back my rage. "She didn't do anything to you!"
"She was born an outcast. I'm removing her from this world slowly so she won't have to suffer anymore."
"You're making her suffer." I snarled.
I pulled my sword from its hiding place and Drew took out her spear. "Aw... They had a plan." Belinda said.
"Yeah, the hell we did." I charged for her only to smack my sword on the shield of a cyclops. He thrust his arm up trying to uppercut me (which in fact would kill me) but Drew stabbed the spear head into his arm. I went for Belinda again as Drew spun around and started finishing off the cyclops.
A rebel demigod slashed his sword, hitting it into mine, and I hit him in the nose with the hilt of my sword. He dropped to the ground, dropping his weapon next to him. Drew made her way towards two other rebel demigods.
I reached Belinda after ripping through a rebel demigod. Belinda scrambled against the floor. She matched the rest of the corpses, black everything, except her blonde hair and her blue eyes. "We know of Camp Half- Blood, and Camp- Jupiter! What tells you the rest of us won't group together to destroy both?!"
"There are too many of us for you rebels to try and win."
She went on. "We have spies- everywhere. Let me name a few people you love dearly! Will, Hazel, Percy-"
"No! Shut up! I don't care what you think you're going to do, but never threaten the people I care about!"
I noticed Drew removing Victoria from the contraption. "Come on, Nico, more rebels are coming!"
I looked into Belinda's eyes before stabbing her in the heart and dumping her in the tank where they nearly drained Victoria of her blood. She screamed loudly. "You murderer! You're no better than your father!"
"Come on." I put the sword back in its hiding space.
"You can't afford another jump-" Drew said. "It will kill you."
"Then run."
We sprinted down the hall and out the entrance. Victoria was must faster then us. Since she was only five, of course.
I wonder where the hell Will was.
A/N: YES the finally got the girl! Might've taken four chapters but finally!
~Simone
WOO! This might be my favorite chapter yet, tbh, but I don't know what compares to Will and Nico kissing in a cabin and cuddling on roofs. Some more fluff is planned though!
~Katelyn
